Been thinking how to cut this one for about a year... finished it today!
Please PM if you would like one of these.. I'm gunna run a small batch in 2 or 3 weeks time. Have to crowd fund it though, these padlocks cost too much for me to bankroll!
Mul-T-Lock G55 Protector with MT5+ core...
Start by cutting outer pin stacks and adding a tiny alignment slot on the back, keeps all the windows lined up but still lets the stacks move up and down....
next core, core and housing...
Padlock Body....
Reassemble the core and housing, 0.8mm x 3.2mm dowel pins added to stop outer pin stacks rotating... about 1/4 the size of an inner key pin!!!
Job Done!!! Rear window shows the padlock mech and 10 main pin stacks
Front window shows how the 5 sliders and the "Alpha Pin" work...
"The techs discovered that German locks were particularly difficult" - Robert Wallace, H. Keith Melton w. Henry R. Schlesinger, Spycraft: The secret history of the CIA's spytechs from communism to Al-Qaeda (New York: Dutton, 2008), p. 210
Thanks for the comments and orders guys.. order has been placed and just been informed the G series is now End of Life, so i got a couple of extras if anyone still wants one... I don't think i'll ever make any more of these now.
It has arrived! And it is mine! All MINE!!! Arrived yesterday, and have to say, it looks far better in person! I know it sounds impossible, but it is true.
Those of you who have ordered one, you will not be disappointed. L0ckcr4ck3r is an artist of the highest caliber. Right up there with Snowyboy, and that is really saying something. (Although Snowyboy does his without computers - all hand cranked).
Kudos, L0ckcr4ck3r. You da MAN!!!
Gordon
Just when you finally think you have learned it all, that is when you learn that you don't know anything yet.
I saw an earlier post about bankrolling some of the high priced locks. I think you've got such a strong reputation and loyal following I'm willing to bet people wouldn't have an issue paying up front. I wouldn't have any concerns (then again, I don't have that much disposable income at the moment). Just a thought.
Big thanks to everyone who pitched in on this project, they are all in the postal system now and you should be receiving them any day now.
@itdbjd Yeah it worked out really well, up front deposit to cover buying the locks, supplies and some tooling and the settle up the balance and shipping when complete. Think its the only way to go for the more interesting and expensive locking systems.
You never fail to impress, L0ckcr4ck3r!
